Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An interconnected system of networks that connects computers around the world via the TCP/IP protocol.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- (1986) Coined by the U.S. Defense Department, shortening of internetwork. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“| | Internet/gl | | Internet/id | | Internet_ (it) | |”
“Internet Explorer 9 Pack: Internet Explorer 9 32-bit Edition with Uninstaller, C: \Program Files (x86) \Internet Explorer (x86) \iexplore x86. exe, Internet Explorer 9 64-bit Edition with Uninstaller, C: \Program Files\Internet Explorer (ia64, x64\iexplore ia64, x64. exe Windows 2000,”
“At first look, the term "Internet Service Bus" almost immediately draws an equal sign to 'Enterprise Service Bus' ESB, and aspects of other current solutions, such as ones mentioned above, targeted at addressing issues in systems and application integration for enterprises.”
“Consider, for example, the definition of Internet advertising service: "The term Internet advertising service means a service that serves an online advertisement in viewable form for any period of time on an Internet site.”
“This article was first published in the UAE's Gulf News under the title "Internet an opportunity, not a threat, to Newspapers".”
The Huffington Post: Faisal J. Abbas: New Media an Opportunity, Not a Threat, in Middle East
“At work, that shiny bauble called the Internet is always just a click away, and at home it's easy to flip on the TV, start puttering through the Pottery Barn catalog, or sneak a quick iPhone check.”
The Huffington Post: Laura Vanderkam: Taming Distractions: Don't Just Play Defense
“Actually, the term Internet might not even be correct.”
James Boyce: You Say You Want A Revolution? The Virtual One Is Almost Here
“His trade organization, made up of 5,000 Internet pro-fessionMs from 120 countries, trains Third World engineers to create networks in their own countries, publishes a bimonthly magazine and is working to protect the term Internet from companies that are trying to copyright it.”
“From Wikipedia: The term Internet meme is a neologism used to describe a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly from person to person via the Internet.”
Bob Wright and Jonah Goldberg on the memes about Obama's rhetoric.
“They are actually trying now to define the term Internet hunting.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Internet’.
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EU - Eurovoc - politics
absolute majority, absolute monarchy, abstentionism, access to informa..., acquisition of arms, action brought be..., action for annulment, action to establi..., ad hoc committee, adjournment, adjournment motion, administration and 965 more...
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Hype Machines
A list of all time Hype Machines
Internet, Newspaper, Television, Apple, Flavor Flav, town crier, gossip, barker, Super Bowl, spruiker, Formula 1, David Beckham
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solutions
one word (preferably / not a must). terms that solved, help solve or theoretically will solve the world's problems (past, present, future).
these can be general, umbrella terms or...veganism, neurotechnology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, globalism, sustainability, laws, ecology, education, immunization, switchgrass, Esperanto and 75 more...
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Words to torment grammar nazis with
irregardless, alot, grammar nazi, Internet, hopefully, alright, Promptorium Parvu..., Begging the question, begs the question, living language, would of, should of and 7 more...
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science (collective opinion)
random scientific terms from a group of one hundred 16-18 year olds to choose 100 words that, in their collective opinion, represent crucial factors and concepts influencing trends in science today...
acid, base, aggregation status, analysis, antimatter, apparatus, atmosphere, atom, bacteria, Big Bang, biodiversity, bioethics and 90 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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WSTLND
Enter the Machine
art, architecture, music, film, video games, fashion, News, Current Affairs, open journalism, documentaries, Computers, Internet and 13 more...
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TECHNOLOGY BUZZWORDS
It's a list of helpful words that is used on the web.
Web, Online, Broadcast, download, infect, Virus, Internet, Blog, Chat, Freeware, Webcam, Podcast and 9 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for Internet.
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